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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person or thing that causes something to circulate

   "Who is the circulator of this rumor?"

2. 2
   A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop

   "You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal."

3. 3
   A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only

Example

More examples

"Who is the circulator of this rumor?"

Etymology

From circulate + -or.

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